Automobile-lifting device.



D. 0. MULVIHILL.

AUTOMOBLE LIFTING DEVISE.

,v APPLICATION FILED NOV- 9. |811. 1,279

Patentedseptg 24, 1918.

JI)ANIELC. MUL'V'IHILL, OF HANNIBAL, MISSOUBJ..

.AUTOMOBILE-LIFTING DEVICE.

Specification o1' Letters Patent. atgntied Sepux; 1.918,;

Application med November 9, 1917. seriariio. 201,113.

To all Iwhom may oom/em. V

Bc it known that I, Dimi-ELL?. lrhiin'rrriiii., `a citizen of the[.lnited Staten, und e resident of Hannibal, cooi'ity of Mmf-ion, andStute of Missouri, have invented oertnil'i new and useful Improvements:'in Automobile@:ft-

-ing Devices, of 'which the following is; cleals' elard toibe :i full,clear, end exzwt descripJ l` This invention relates, to' automobilelifting devices, .and in the nil-ture of an im,

rovoinent upon the invention in automi iiile lifting devices shown anddescribed in. my application for partent filed in the lli-iit-edv StatesPete t lice on August l, 9- 7 67, ilpon 'which lieb in the Sixihflayo'FNovmn "er A.,D' 1917, luider Non 1,9, ,m0, The principal object ofthe pre" nt invention ifi to Provide Simplified menne whereby thelifting device may be quickly and readily yapplied to n Wheel of anautomobile, und `Without the arid of any tools of any cleseription.

The invention consifte in the several novel featnreslnereiniifter fullydesu' ,f und parlti'cularly pointed out in the claims. y

The invention is olefirly illustrated ,in the rdrmving acooinlmnyingthis e, eoil'iozltion, in which Figure L s e de fn-tion ot" e, trai?ment of on ilnton'mliiile Wheel with @i simpie form oi.' the presion:-inventon applied iherfrrv to; Fig, il, ie e View partly inl plan eindpartly 1n horizontn Sentieri of the wheel and. lifting' derive, the lineo'l'' section benignidic'eted el oi" Fig. i; liliex l?, ie in rido l.elevation of ai fragment a Wheel 'with the lifting dei-ine removed;File, 4, me. vr

tioalfoross Section teken on the line l-f---i f Fig. 1, fend Figa 5 isa, side elevation of e litltirxg device.

spokes. 8, the rim, and 9, the pneumatic tire, 'lhelbody l0, of thelifting device, may "oe constructed in accordance with that shown,- inprior zipliilioiition ebove referred to, andmziy he formed with e,horizon-tal bese portion 11, :ida-pled to entend 7 underneath the tireof the 'Wheel ond rest upon' the roadway, amil am upright pontlon 12,which extends :alongside the tire and terminates et its ,upper end in eno'set Het vertical portion For the'snke oflightness, the portion 12,Imay be formed with,v`

openings, `amd in"V order strengthen une lifting device at 'the properplees,`bs 1 5, ere provided, which extendY ul'nderthe liaise portion, esof 16.

Semo-ing ineens fire permanently fastened to the folly of the wheel, endare a-l'run',ed to engage und detaclmbly fasten the lifting device totheWheel. ,Ae shown two holtel 18, eilte-nd through the felly 6, ofi thewheel, find. :iro Secured thereon hy nuts 19, which heer against Washers20. The heads 2l, of the bolts 1 8, round, :md have tlat neoli portions22, which he i' rgziinet washers 23, that :1re placed against the innerfece of the felly ot' the4 nf'heel. The fluit neok portions of the boltsare in :llinelnent 1with' each ot' to permit of the engagrmnent of thelifting device with. them.

The flut verticali pore-ion 13, oi the lifting device is formed with twokey hole 2%, i

24, the roiind portions;` 25, of which :we ary 'ranged to slipover theheads 2l, of the bolts, nnrl the lint portions 26, are arranged. toreceive the flot neokportion 22, of the holte, @mid key hole slots are4positioned 'to register with the bolts 1S, whereby theA Vl); retiringthe lifing device 'olie tl-, l .proviifle ai om' 'which 'iirotelijy'fieolired in the Het Yelti e, l por on i3, or moons of zi'eorew 'orother pivot-irl'oonneotion-QS, :intl Said catch has n.

finger" 29, wliich'is arranged to project down long the side of ltheneck of one of the holte', es Seen in Fig. 1, when swung into lookingposition, to thereby prevent relative inovenient het-Ween the wheel andlifting dev10-e.

When .it is desired` to use the lifting device, 'the ceizeh 2Tl is sWunflatupright portion 13, of t e evice placed upon the bolts 18, and movetoward the left until the flat necks thereof rest in. the

.Het portions of the key hole slots, The

eel-teh 27 is thereupon swung down, bringnig the linger 29, at the sideof one of the bolt hoede The vehicle is then moved dong' iuntil .thebase portion of the lifting devioe engages ther roedwa enththe,v sont'lmovement ofthe'vehicle in the sa tion will oausethe Wheel tobe 4 back,and the free of the ground. lit is Vto be observed th'a't 'the' boltheads of the bolt/s 18, shouldl be l:on the inner side of the wheels sothat ward or rtlief lifting device is made to' engage with theljwheelsfrom the inner` side, 'to permit the-ready vre'x'noval of the tires.Toremovetheliftin "device, the vehicleis moved forqrackwardlsuiliciently to free the device from the roadway, after which the ifo.catch iSIQraEied,l and the .device detached from-the heads of thebolts. The device is pftfnlarly useful in changing tires, but

by providing fourof the devices, the entire 'I' 'vehicle vmay liftedfree of the floor to i More orf less variation of' therdetails oftakeftheweight off the tires,

construction is; possible wit-hout departing from thepspii'it of Ithisinvention. I dei sire, the'r'efojr'e', not 'to limit myself to the topoint outl all prisingwam bodyport-ion -havin'gl adapted to rmt upon theygfr'ound,vand 'a fiat exact form-of construction shown and described,butvintend in the followin claims: of Ithe invention isclosed herein; v4 7';

I claim as'new, and' desire to secure by Letters Patent:

LA lifting device for automobile ogm-- asa portion at its upper endformed with a plurality'of key hole slots, `and means adapted to besecured on the felly of 'a wheel, havinlg headed elements adapted toproject throug said key hole slots.

'2. A liftin device for automobiles Acomprising af bo y portion havinga'base at its ower endadapted to rest upon the ground,

and a flat vertical portion formedl with a plurality of .key hole slotsand connecting means adapted-to be secured to the felly of a wheel, landhaving headed `ortions and Hat neck portions, said heade portions beingi arranged to engage the outer face of the flat vertical portion of thebody, and the-neckv portions being adapted to extend through theflatp'ortions of the key hole slots.v

3.*,A lifting device for automobiles comprising a body portion having abase portion at its lower end adapted to rest upon the .the ground anmimmo ground, and' a flat .vertical portion at its upper end formedwitha plurality of key ho e s1ots, a pluralit1 of bolts adapted toextend through the fely of a wheel, andhaving non-circular `neckportions adapted to extend through said. key hole slots, and headedportions beyond the neck portlons for engaging the outer face of theflat vertical .portion of the body. y

4 A lifting device for' automobiles comprising a body ortion adapted torest upon having a Hat vertical portion at its up er end formed with aplurality of key hole` ots, a plu'ralit of bolts ada ted to be securedin the felly o a wheel and aving A1 neck A(portions arranged to extendthrough sai key Hole slots, and heads upon their outer 'ends forengagement with the face of saidup er-portion of'the body, and a catchadapte to engage one of said bolts to prevent relative movement betweentheA 'boglyportion and felly of the wheel.A

liftin prising a y the ground, an having a-ilat` vertical portion atits. upper end formed with a plurality of key' f-holeslots, y'apluralityof bolts adaptedj-to be 'secured in lthe felly of .a

device for automobiles 'comwheel, andhaving neck portions arranged toextend throughv Asaid keyhole slotsandheads upon their outer` ends -forengagement with lthe face of said 'Aflat vvertical portion of the body,anda catch' pivotally secured. to said vertical ortion of the body, andhaving a finger a a ted to overhngvone of theJ heads rortion adapted torest up'on,

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of said bo ts to prevent relatifve movement between the lbody portionand felly of the wheel. e I

alined attaching devices secured to the felly.

ortion adapted to rest upon the of a wheel, and having headedV portions'co- "acting with said slots to detachably `secure the bodyportion ofthe felly of a wheel.

DANIEL'4 o. MULvIHILL.

